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Out of the two you mentioned, the NAD. Far, Far better machine. But you're Amp won't do it justice at all.

Cambridge have some reliability issues (and don't I know it after 2 failed machines!), but I've had a NAD T770 and NAD CD player for years without any problems. The brightness with the NAD is more to do with your (primarily) AV reciever.

Make sure you get decent interconnects though, as these can make quite a tonal difference.

ALTHOUGH if you're connecting digitally (TOSLINK or SPDIF) to your amp, it shouldn't make any difference, as all the "translation" is happening there, by the same DAC no matter what cd player you use!

Anyway, drop me a mail if you need to chat, as I'm sure not many on here are interested in this!